Kelly, Barb (2015) The Role of Children in Community Disaster Risk Reduction. Coursework Masters thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
Preparing for disasters has been shown to reduce the impact of disasters and build resilience. Children are particularly vulnerable to the effects of disasters; however they are also seen as agents of change in preparing for disasters. This study aimed to seek the views of adults about the role of children in disaster risk reduction. A total of 165 adult household members participants were recruited through University of Southern Queensland students and snowball sampling. The majority of participants were female and the age range was 18 years to 63 years. Participants completed an online questionnaire containing measures about their actual and perceived hazard preparedness, community engagement in activities related to disaster preparedness. Measures also included questions related to children, including whether a child in their household had participated in disaster education or school based drills, participated in disaster preparedness activities around the home and attitudes to child participation in preparedness. Results indicated that participants had low to moderate preparedness and almost all did not have a bona fide safety plan for a disaster. A regression model of perceived preparedness, community engagement and child participation factors accounted for 49% of the variance in preparedness. Perceived preparedness provided a unique contribution to this outcome, and was not consistent with previous research. The implications for are discussed, including the importance of including children in disaster preparedness given community support. Further research should consider the role of perceived preparedness and potential role in awareness campaigns to includes preparedness actions. Further work needs to be done to increase knowledge, particularly that of driving through floodways. Further recommendations are made for research and limitations are discussed. Importantly, this study provides support for including children in community disaster risk reduction and to this research area.
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Non-Research) (Coursework Masters) |
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| Item Status: | Live Archive |
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| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Psychology and Counselling (1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2021) |
| Supervisors: | Sonja March; Kevin Ronan |
| Qualification: | Masters in Clinical Psychology |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Sep 2025 01:57 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2025 01:57 |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1799 Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5299 Other psychology > 529999 Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/52458 |
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